The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-01-07

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, w. c. T. u, will be held at the resi-
dence of Mrs. n. Hankins, Friday eve
ming Jan. IA, at z o'clock.
The Neodesha Register of this week
has an elaborate illustrated write-up o
it's town that is very credItable boil
to the town and the paper.
The Calico Ball New Years eve wa
attended by about 16 couples and il
reported by those who were present t,
have been very pleasant affair.
Atchison Live Stock Insurance Co.
insures horses, mules, jacks and cattle
against death from any cause. D. E.
Williams, Agent lola, Kansas.
-four ice men have been busily al
work and have nearly finished gather
ing in their harvest. The ice is from
five to eight inches thick and Of unusu
ally fine quality
We have an application from lady
in town who wants to employ girl OF
woman to do homework. The address
will be furnished any one desiring
such employment.
, In one breath the Courant finds
fault with US because we "went back
on Ewing" and in the next it finds
fault with us because we don't 60 back
on him. The COurdnt is hard to
please.
Operations at the gas well have been
suspended for sometime on account of
delay in getting piping which had to
be manufactured to order. Work will
be resumed as soon as the pipes can be
obtained.
WANTED: \ good girl to 60 to
Wichita, one who is willing to do the
work required, who is neat, tidy and a
good cook can get first class wages by
applying Immediately to J. H. Rich
ards, Wichita Kansas.
As desire to balance the books of
the firm of Patterson Brothers as soon
as possible, all those knowing them
selves indebted to the firm are request.
ed to call and settle at their earliest
convenience. s. H. Patterson.
If you have to open a new set of
books with the new year, come to the
REGISTER office and order an Acme
Ledger. For an ordinary retail bust
ness it is nearly indispensable, being
cheap, durable and convenient.
Never put off having your teeth fill
ed until they give you pain, but 60 to
DR.. LaFary at once and have them
repaired jim first class style, thereby
saving you extra expense, pain and
trouble. He guarantees all his work.
The Courant has changed its form
this week and appears as an eight col
umn folio, patent outside. This leaves
the REGISTER the largest paper by
eight columns in the county, and near
ly twice as large as any paper in lola.
Rev. Mr.. Hyatt will preach one of
his short sermons to children at the
Presbyterian church Sunday morning
on the subject, "The Heart of Flesh"
The subject Of the usual sermon to
adults will be "Our Ignorance of the
Future"
During the last campaign the REG
lister said ten times as much in advo-
cacy of Ewing's election as it did for
Arnold's election. Why is it not &C
cused of Sacrificing" Mr.. Arnold ION
the altar of personal friendship" for
Mr.. Snyder?
We forgot to mention last week the
family gathering at Mr.. Lawyers on
Christmas Day. All the members ofthe
family were present, fat goose and
turkey besides many other good things
were devoured and not many baskets
of fragments left.
Those who awoke yesterday morn
ing found that something of spell of
weather had set in. We have the
usual consolation however that it is
worse somewhere else. In Maine the
first of the week the mercury was IS
degrees below zero.
Referring to Judge Parsons letter
last week, Mr.. I. B. Lawyer tells us
that he also has read every issue of the
REGISTER under all its various names
from the first to the last, and that he
still has a copy of the first paper ever
issued in this town.
This is the week of prayer and the
union meetings that have been held in
the various churches have been well
attended. The closing address will be
given in the Presbyterian church on
Sunday night, by Rev. s. A. Alt. sub
ject, "Thy Kingdom Come"
Jacobs & Claypool, are now fairly
settled in the Brosier building and
have opened up large stock of grocer
les and queensware to which they in
wife the attention of the people of lola
and vicinity. Their goods are new and
first class, and at prices to suit the
times.
W. f. Davis & Co. have purchased
an ice cutting machine which is busy
in use these days. Last week they cut
ice for kreuter & Kruger to fill their
Ice house and this week they are load
ing cars for shipment. The ice never